To:MAXIM GORKY

Published:First published in 1924.

      Sent to the Isle of Capri (Italy).

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1974,

      Moscow,Volume 34,

      page372.Translated:Clemens DuttTranscription\Markup:D. MorosPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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January 9, 1908, GenevaDearAl. M.,Mywife and I arrived here a few days ago. We both caught cold on the way. We
are settling down here just anyhow, for the time being temporarily, so
everything is bad. I was very glad to have your letter: it would really be fine
to make a trip to Capri! I shall definitely find time one of these days to visit
you. At present, unfortunately, it is impossible. We have come here with the
commission to establish a newspaper: to transferProletaryhere from
Finland. We haven’t decided yet finally whether we shall choose Geneva or
some other city. In any case we must hurry and we have our hands full with the
new arrangements. It would be nice to pay you a visit in the spring or summer,
when things here are well under way! What is the best time for Capri?Howis your health? How do you feel? Does your work go well? I heard while
passing through Berlin that you and Lunacharsky have been touring Italy and, in
particular, have been in
Rome.[1]Do you like Italy? Do you
meet many Russians?Itwould be best for me to visit you when you are not engaged on anything big,
so that we can wander about at leisure and chat together.Haveyou received my book (the first volume of collected articles for
twelve
years)[2]? I asked for it to be sent to you from St. Petersburg.Myvery best regards to Maria Fyodorovna.Au revoir!Yours,N. LeninMyaddress is: Mr. Wl. Oulianoff,
17, Rue des deux Ponts, 17, (chez Küpfer), Genève.Notes[1]Gorkytoured Italy in October–December 1907 and met Lunacharsky in
Florence.[2]Thisrefers to the first volume of Lenin’s writings entitledTwelve
Yearspublished in St. Petersburg in November 1907 (the cover bore the
date 1908).^^See Lenin’s “Preface to the CollectionTwelve
Years”, Vol. 13 of this edition.^^

DearAl. M.,

Mywife and I arrived here a few days ago. We both caught cold on the way. We
are settling down here just anyhow, for the time being temporarily, so
everything is bad. I was very glad to have your letter: it would really be fine
to make a trip to Capri! I shall definitely find time one of these days to visit
you. At present, unfortunately, it is impossible. We have come here with the
commission to establish a newspaper: to transferProletaryhere from
Finland. We haven’t decided yet finally whether we shall choose Geneva or
some other city. In any case we must hurry and we have our hands full with the
new arrangements. It would be nice to pay you a visit in the spring or summer,
when things here are well under way! What is the best time for Capri?

Howis your health? How do you feel? Does your work go well? I heard while
passing through Berlin that you and Lunacharsky have been touring Italy and, in
particular, have been in
Rome.[1]Do you like Italy? Do you
meet many Russians?

Itwould be best for me to visit you when you are not engaged on anything big,
so that we can wander about at leisure and chat together.

Haveyou received my book (the first volume of collected articles for
twelve
years)[2]? I asked for it to be sent to you from St. Petersburg.

Myvery best regards to Maria Fyodorovna.Au revoir!

Yours,N. Lenin

Myaddress is: Mr. Wl. Oulianoff,
17, Rue des deux Ponts, 17, (chez Küpfer), Genève.

[1]Gorkytoured Italy in October–December 1907 and met Lunacharsky in
Florence.

[2]Thisrefers to the first volume of Lenin’s writings entitledTwelve
Yearspublished in St. Petersburg in November 1907 (the cover bore the
date 1908).^^See Lenin’s “Preface to the CollectionTwelve
Years”, Vol. 13 of this edition.^^